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TABLE 2,— Description and provenience of metal objects, Hintz site 
Provenience 
No. Description 
Horizontal Depth below 
surface, feet 
1,2 | Amorphous pieces of rusted iron, | XU1, sq. N55 E55, in | 0.7-1.1. 
1 x/9.5 x 1.5mm. and 20:5 x matrix of trash 
15 x 1.5 mm.—fragments of dump. 
knife blades? 
3 | Amorphous piece of rusted iron, | XU2, sq. 845 H75, in | 0.2-1.0. 
22.5 x 19 x 1.5 mm.—fragment matrix just inside or 
of knife blade? outside of House 3 
(F27). 
4 | Amorphous piece of rusted iron, |} Area of trash dump | Surface. 
25.5 x 15 x 0.75 mm.—fragment (XU1). 
of knife blade? 
5 | Rectangular piece of rusted iron, | XU11, sq. S200 E140__| 0.2-0.4. 
35 x 12.5 x 3.5 mm., with a 
tapered corner projection 6.5 
mm. in length at one end, ap- 
parently roughly shaped by a 
chisel or saw. Purpose inde- 
terminate. 
6 | Subtriangular, slightly contorted | XU2, sq. 835 E104, in | 0.2-0.8. 
piece of spring brass, 53.5 x 24 matrix just inside or 
x 0.75 mm. The edge of the outside of House 1 
longest side is even and rounded (F17). 
at each end; the edges of the 
shorter sides are somewhat 
irregular. Knife blade? 
7 | .22 rim-fire long or long-rifle brass | XU11, sq. S195 E140__} 0.2-0.5. 
cartridge case. 
8 | .88 Smith and Wesson Special lead | XU2, sq. S40 E80, in | 0.2-0.4. 
bullet with copper wash. Prob- matrix just outside 
ably 158 gr. round-nosed load. of House 3 (F27). 
Fired in revolver having a right- 
hand twist with 6 grooves. 
POTTERY 
Some 11,752 pottery fragments were obtained from the surface 
and the excavations at the Hintz site. The total sample segregates 
into these general groupings: Rim-and-lip, near-rim, and shoulder 
sherds—2,167; body sherds—8,902; appendages—13; and _ split 
sherds—670. There are no restored or restorable vessels of any type 
or size. The nearest approximations to complete vessels are four 
fairly large composite sherds, i.e., sherds composed of from three to 
nine smaller pieces. The great bulk of the material consists of 
small composite and individual sherds, usually weathered and often 
so thoroughly broken up, particularly in the case of the body sherds, 
that identification of the surfacing techniques has sometimes been 
made with trepidation. 
On the basis of paste (or fabric), rim and lip form, surface finish 
and decorative treatment, I have found that 456 rim-and-lip, near- 
rim, and shoulder sherds are assignable to 5 named wares and 13 
